Traditional Music of Japanese is usually performed by ..... ?

c) Small ensembles of instruments and voices

d) Two or more notes sung to a word or syllable

Important Features of African Music include ....

c) The importance of Rhythm and traditional instruments

b) Instruments whose bodies vibrate when they are struck.

The Dreamtime, in Aboriginal culture was ..... ?

b) The time when ancestral beings emerged from he earth.

Harmony is best described as ?

d) Two or more notes sung or played at the same time

There are four classifications of musical instruments. Mebranophones are?

a) Double Headed drums with an hourglass shaped body

Basic to all traditional music of Indonesia is the Gamelan. A Gamelan is .... ?

a) An Orchestra consisting mainly of Idiophones

a) Double headed drums with an hourglass shaped body

Kakumeika is a Japanese song in Strophic form. Strophic Form .... ?

b) Uses the same melody for each verse

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A quiz that tests knowledge of World Music as studied in Unit 2 at Bishop Druitt College in Year 9 in 2015 #year9electivemusic

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1
Traditional Music of Japanese is usually performed by ..... ?
d) Groups of singers who present music for worship
c) Small ensembles of instruments and voices
a) Pentatonic specialist musicians
b) Solo Shansin and Koto players
2
A Melisma is .... ?
a) An old fashioned vocal technique
b) A vocal technique used in the 1950s
d) Two or more notes sung to a word or syllable
c) Several notes sung by two or more instruments
3
Important Features of African Music include ....
a) A vocal style that involves a soloist singing one idea
b) Music with frequently changing tempos
d) The predominance of Aerophones in the music
c) The importance of Rhythm and traditional instruments
4
Idiophones are ?
a) Drums made from hollowed out objects, with a skin.
b) Instruments whose bodies vibrate when they are struck.
c) Instruments that are blown.
d) Stringed Instruments.
5
The Dreamtime, in Aboriginal culture was ..... ?
c) People came from Arnhem Land.
d) All of the other responses.
a) The time when didjeridu became very popular.
b) The time when ancestral beings emerged from he earth.
6
The F Pentatonic Scale consists of the following notes ....
b) F G A C D F
a) F G A Bb C D E F
d) C D E F G A B C
a) F A C F
7
The Time Signature Compound Duple is also known as ..... ?
b) 6 / 12
a) 6 / 8
c) 4 / 4
d) 3 / 4
8
Harmony is best described as ?
b) Chant-like singing styles
d) Two or more notes sung or played at the same time
a) Music based on the Pentatonic scale
c) Two or more rhythms being played simultaneously
9
In Aboriginal Music, Clapsticks are ... ?
d) Two pieces of wood or bone.
b) A long piece of wood used to create a Drone.
a) A small Aerophone.
c) Small sticks used to eat Chinese food.
10
The Lark in the Morning is a traditional Irish Song. It uses ............... ?
b) Ornaments
d) Monophonic texture
c) All the other responses
a) Melismas
11
A Pentatonic Scale is based on .......... notes ?
b) 8
a) 7
c) 6
d) 5
12
Chordophones are ?
b) is able to play melodies and accompaniments on it
d) Stringed Instruments.
a) Drums made from hollowed out objects, with a skin.
c) Instruments that are blown.
13
A Jig is a lively Irish Dance. It is in ..............
d) A slow tempo
a) 2 / 4 time
c) Simple Time
b) Compound Time
14
There are four classifications of musical instruments. Mebranophones are?
c) Instruments that are blown.
b) Instruments whose bodies vibrate when they are struck.
a) Double Headed drums with an hourglass shaped body
d) Stringed Instruments.
15
Basic to all traditional music of Indonesia is the Gamelan. A Gamelan is .... ?
c) Another name for a cross-over Rock Band
a) An Orchestra consisting mainly of Idiophones
d) An elaborate group of Chordophones and Aerophones
b) A group of Strings and Woodwind instruments
16
A Kalimba is known as a ... ?
a) African tongued instrument with a resonating soundbox
b) Thumb Piano
d) Mbira
c) All the other responses
17
Aerophones are ?
d) Stringed Instruments
a) Drums made from hollowed out objects, with a skin.
b) Instruments whose bodies vibrate when they are struck.
c) Instruments that are blown.
18
Dun Duns are ?
c) Silly drums
b) Traditional African Aerophones
d) Primative keyboard instruments
a) Double headed drums with an hourglass shaped body
19
Wirrkul Girl was performed by .... ?
d) Yothu Yindi
b) Traditional musicians from Alice Springs
c) Midnight Oil
a) AC/DC
20
Kakumeika is a Japanese song in Strophic form. Strophic Form .... ?
b) Uses the same melody for each verse
a) Where the melody changes repeatedly
c) Uses a Verse and Chorus structure
d) Is varying and contrasting

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